Kerala continued to reel under severe floods on Wednesday as heavy rains and landslides claimed 29 lives, taking the toll to 72 in the state.
Flight operations at the Kochi airport were suspended till Saturday as officials said a red alert had been sounded in all the 14 districts of the state.
All the rivers in the state, from Kasaragod in the north to Thiruvananthapuram in the south, are in spate and shutters of 35 dams, including Mullaperiyar, have been opened.
Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the heavy rains would continue for some more days, which would further worsen the situation, even as he asked residents to limit their drinking water usage as distribution systems collapsed.
More than 1.5 lakh people have been lodged in relief camps across the state, he said.
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